"Applied Linguistics in Australia and Beyond: Offerings, Directions, Invitations, Questions"

The University of Melbourne, Victoria , 25 - 28 September 2005

Instructions for Authors

Please follow these instructions carefully. Abstracts that do not conform to the required format will be returned for reformatting. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 21, 2005.

ABSTRACT PREPARATION

FORMAT AND SIZE: The dimensions of the abstract must not exceed 17 cm wide x 12 cm deep, including the title, authors, and institutional addresses .

SAMPLE ABSTRACT in HTML format

The font to be used throughout is 10 point Times New Roman. If the text will not fit within the specified size, please edit it to fit; do not use a font size less than 10 point.

Before typing the abstract, please set your word processor to the following –

• Paper Size: A4 (not Letter or Custom)
• Margins: Top, Bottom, Left and Right set to 2 cm
• Typeface and Font: Times New Roman 10 point.
• Alignment: Use left aligned throughout

The Title should be typed in Upper Case and Bold

Author(s) Name(s) should be typed immediately below the title

Institutional affiliation(s) should be typed immediately below authors

Leave one line space before the text of the abstract. The text of the abstract ideally should include reference to as much of the study being reported on as possible to date. If you are referring to previous work, it is enough to cite “Author (Date)” in the body of the abstract – it is not necessary to include the full reference details.

Please note that the overall length of the abstract including Title, Authors and Instititional affiliations must not exceed 12 cm

Leave four line spaces under the abstract and type the following information

PROGRAMMING DETAILS : please indicate the preferred mode of presentation, using one of the following “invited paper” “oral only”, “poster only” or “oral or poster”. Please note that final assignment of oral or poster presentation will be at the discretion of the organisers. If you opt for “oral only” and this cannot be provided, you paper will not be programmed.

As a guide for programming, please indicate under which of the following sub-topics your paper should be programmed. You may provide first and second choices.

List of Sub-Topics

• Language policy, including multilingualism
• Language assessment
• Language pedagogy – e.g. ESL, LOTE, English, Bilingual Education, immersion
• CALL/CELL
• Language acquisition – mother tongue, SLA, bilingual
• Translation and interpreting
• Indigenous languages
• Discourse analysis and pragmatics
• Other -

CONTACT DETAILS FOR SUBMITTING AUTHOR: Please type the name of the submitting author, postal address, telephone, fax and email address”.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The abstract should be saved as a Microsoft Word for Windows file with a “.doc” extension. If this is not possible, save as a Rich Text File (.rtf extension).

Name the file “ALAA2005 _ [author's surname]”. It is important that this system be followed. If you are submitting more than one abstract, please add “_2”, “_3” to subsequent abstracts.

Please submit the abstract as an email attachment to convention@optusnet.com.au. To ensure that it is not misplaced, the subject line of the email MUST be "ALAA 2005 Abstract - [author's surname]”. Abstracts will not be accepted by fax or on floppy disc. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 21, 2005.

The submitting author will be sent an email advising the receipt of the abstract. If such advice is not received within 5 working days, the please contact the conference organiser at webmaster@alaa2005.info to ensure that it has not gone astray.

Note: In case when there is more than one author, please use the surname of the corresponding author. Communication will be with the
corresponding author who is expected to pass on relevant information to co-presenters in their session.

NOTIFICATION TO AUTHORS : current planning is to advise submitting authors how their abstract has been programmed by Mid-April, 2005.

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